2022 Best Value Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 782 people earned their degree in modeling, virtual environments and simulation, making the major the 525th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 9 modeling, virtual environments and simulation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in modeling, virtual environments and simulation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent modeling, virtual environments and simulation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the modeling, virtual environments and simulation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Advancing Technology

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$19,569 Average Net Price

$50,467 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Advancing Technology is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 ’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Advancing Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,569 for southwest region modeling, virtual environments and simulation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Advancing Technology.

Full University of Advancing Technology Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Report

#2

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$14,391 Average Net Price

$62,120 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 ’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,391 for Southwest Region Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Tulsa.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation at University of Tulsa

• Best Value Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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